Capstones
Graduation Date
12-31-2014
Subject Concentration
Urban Reporting
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
When you’re convicted of a crime, your punishment doesn’t end with prison. Your life is harder until you die. New Yorkers with criminal histories can get these Certificates that make life a little less hard. They’re a kind of a diploma of rehabilitation. The standards for getting them aren’t that high. Most people who’ve been convicted of a crime are eligible, in theory. But hardly anybody gets them. This article is about the ignorance and legal contradictions that have made them so obscure.
Recommended Citation
Green, Frank, "Obscure Certificates Could Cut Down Recidivism" (2014). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/37
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